Musical
Position
+ Projection Designer
Personnel
+ Director: Jim Corti
+ Associate Projection Designer: Erin Pleake
+ Scenic Designer: William Boles
+ Lighting Designer: Victoria Bain
+ Sound Designer: Adam Rosenthal
+ Costume Designers: Jordan Ross
+ Producers: Paramount Theatre
Details
+ 2019
+ Aurora, IL
projection design
Director: Linda Goodrich
Broadway at Music Circus
Sacramento, CA
Pre-Broadway & World Premiere
projection design
Director: John Doyle
Paramount Theatre
Aurora, IL
The world premiere and pre-broadway run of Glen Berger and Mark Mancina's August Rush follows an 11-year-old orphan, Evan Taylor, on a musical journey to find his birth parents. Navigating his way through the streets of New York, he finds himself captivated by Wizard, a hostile vagrant who teaches and coerces runaway children to be street musicians. Within Wizard's collective, Evan receives his street name, August Rush. Through a strange turn of events, Evan's parents are selected to perform at a concert in Central Park. Little do they know, this performance is the masterpiece of prodigy composer August Rush.
An eruption of imagery to express a young boy's mind was the projection design's foundation. The apex of the visual narrative was August's Rhapsody, where music and imagery collided into an explosion of aural and visual euphoria.
The projection design team created original artwork representing August's adolescent life and musical adventure. The imagery crafted for this moment was grounded in the musical organization, the circle of fifths. This motif embodied August's vision of the Rhapsody through animated musical notes written on the staff lines and ending in a colorful montage of propaganda posters showcasing the performance of his Rhapsody. Incorporated into the production was 3d tracking scenery, which created atmospheric motion, portraying different locations along August's journey. Image and video content were projected onto these panels, allowing the play's world to transform while the panels were moving.
An eruption of imagery to express the mind of a young boy was the foundation of the projection design. The apex of the visual narrative was August’s Rhapsody where music and imagery collided into an explosion of aural and visual euphoria.
projection design
Director: Lili-Anne Brown
Haven Theatre
Chicago, IL
lighting design
Director: Jeff Duke
Rocky Mountain Repertory Theatre
Grand Lake, CO
projection and lighting design
Director: Jeff Duke
Rocky Mountain Repertory Theatre
Grand Lake, CO
projection and lighting design
Director: Michael Querio
Rocky Mountain Repertory Theatre
Grand Lake, CO
projection and lighting design
Director: Jeff Duke
Rocky Mountain Repertory Theatre
Grand Lake, CO
projection design
Director: Michael Bobbitt
Childrens Theatre of Charlotte
Charlotte, NC
This video showcases the end of the opening sequence to Mary Poppins. Taking the audience on a visual journey through the cloudy skies of London transitioning into the ever-looming count down of time.
This video showcases the Cathedral scene. Enhancing the stage movement and musical climax with the flight of birds.
This video showcases the Poppin's magic of the Children's imagination. Utilizing swirling particle effects to highten the moment.
projection design
Director: Jeff Duke
Rocky Mountain Repertory Theatre
Grand Lake, CO
projection design
Director: Jeff Duke
Rocky Mountain Repertory Theatre
Grand Lake, CO
projection design
Director: Michael Querio
Rocky Mountain Repertory Theatre
Grand Lake, CO
lighting design
Director: Lamby Hedge
Stephens College Performance Department
Columbia, MO
projection design
Director: Amber Mak
Paramount Theatre
Aurora, IL
This video showcases the projection mapping of Santa's Workshop. As the Projection Designer, I collaborated with the other members of the design team to craft and create each of the many location throughout the story.
The scenic design consisted of 5 +27' high towers designed to look like building blocks. While 4 tower were stationary, the center tower was rigger to spilt in the middle and track off stage to reveal the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree.
This projection consisted of over 300 different elements, both static and animated to create the overall look and feel of the workshop.
System Specs:
10 - 10k projectors
01 - 15k projector
07 - Dataton Watchout display machines
01 - Dataton Watchout production machine
66 - Barco iLite 6XP LED Panels
projection and lighting design
Director: Matthew Hawkins
Northwestern University
Chicago, IL
projection and lighting design
Director: Jessi D. Hill
University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
Urbana, IL
